r6dan Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I seem to have lost enthusiasm for building and flying, why? PLEASE HELP ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I think we all get that from time to time r6dan.Ive suffered with my favorite ,The Zlin crashing,and losing a couple of models,ans just spending time concentrating on finding them.I bought a Seagull Swift and went back to basics and thats done the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Only you can say why r6.....are you bored? Not interested in what you do.....? Maybe you need a new challenge....EDF...helicopters,....slope....?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r6dan Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 It all started after i lost the Acro Wot due to "something" failing, i dont know what it just went in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bowker Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 How about setting yourself a goal like "....I will pass my BMFA B Test by June 2012". Stephen's right, we all get dis-heartened after a few problems, I just chuck the next one up as soon as possible and it sorts me out, hooked once more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Theres another thread here recently along the exact same theme - it happens to a lot of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Ive just realised...it was YOUR thread in chit chat.Naughty step for cross posting - whilst you're on it, you could read a book on which new hobby to take up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 H'mmm I think we all know that feeling......I lost three aircraft in one day once. That really tests your enthusiasm.... I think Mr Grigg may have a point.....sometimes it all gets just a bit too serious & we need to rediscover our roots..... I recently "rebuilt" my Wot 4 which I had smashed up. Its more of a Wot 3 & a half now. I stuck an old engine in it & some servos out of the drawer & used as my winter hack.....it owed me nothing & I really wasn't bothered if it went in or not......it was great to just get back to basics, thrashing an aeroplane around the patch....sticks in the corners.....full chat until the tank runs dry....more smiles per pound than anything else I own...... But do you know what......I enjoy flying it so much I'm now actually afraid of crashing & losing it..... Maybe what you need is a simple high performance hack you can thrash the wotsits off & not care if you bend it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r6dan Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 I forgot about that post... sorry Tim I need to get the arising star back out and hammer that about until i get the Extra Wot finished... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I've found that a variant on Stephen's idea works well. Recently I "acquired" a ParkZone Extra 300 foamie. Its only little, about 3 foot span or so, and its just so much fun! You can throw it about without any fear - basically it bounces! - you can do things you wouldn't dare do with a bigger "more precious" model. Its easy to run - just a 3s lipo and your tranny - no messing about you can just sling it in the back of the car, you don't have to assemble it at the field. Treat yourself - and rediscover the shear fun of the hobby. Find your "inner child"! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Seems like others have had the same idea - must be good! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 R6. You seem to have two threads going on the same subject ,so as i suggested on the other one a Complete diversion to simple things that fly ,or a new challenge like an Auto Gyro might do the trick ,it worked for me.As BEB sugests its a popular soultion to go back to grass roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Hello r6dan,my dear late professor Teodor, used to say :"When you lose motivation, when you do not know what to do......does nothing....by the time stuff will sort itself." I'm on your side Cheers Jo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Go buy that model you have always dreamed of !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunnyFlyer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I've been building and flying models since I was 11 years old in 1973. There have been long gaps in between when I have not been an active flyer - but the bug never leaves you. I would always buy RC mags in a WHS whilst travelling on business - even if it was in French! Maybe people who come to model flying in recent years don't have that same deep rooted passion that only an apprenticeship of 1/8th square and balsa cement stuck to the tips of your fingers can give. Personally, I always give myself mini-challenges. Can I fly a short IMAC pattern I have dreamt up, rather than aimlessly thrashing around. I seek out new sites - especially with the gliders. I take my electric gliders for cross country flights - combining an hour's walk along a safe route with the chalenge of keeping the thing in sight and scratching around for lift - using the motor as a last resort. Over the years I have found that I hate crashing. I wrote off my Formosa last month and it was my first crash in around 20 years. Okay - it was only a £50 electric foamy - but I just hate crashing! so that is always my number 1 motivation - always return home with the model!Edited By FunnyFlyer on 11/08/2011 21:41:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Darter Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Get yourself something 2nd hand and cheap and thrash it round the sky, as previously suggested. I've done just that with a starmax panther and its now the model I turn to before a few other (much more expensive and better flying) models. It's such a release flying something you have no emotional attachment to....and actually I think my flying is better for it as I am more inclined to try stuff out with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Channon Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hi, I have to agree with Ed D, get yourself a cheap trainer, fit a cheapie engine and fly it, and i mean fly it, take it up high, cut the throttle and glide and land at your feet, take off after a very long full power run and pull straight up, roll it and roll it and roll it just until you have enough time to pull out before hitting the deck, literally just throw it about and i promise the excitement and fun will come flooding back. Too many of us have aeroplanes that we will be sad to loose so we don't fly them as well as we could, fly something cheap and enjoy yourself. Regards Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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